That First Night Ch. 00c

I woke up the next morning to find Ashley cuddled up with me, sound asleep right next to me.

The look on her face was one of contentment. It was clear to me that she was enjoying laying here with me.

It was in that moment that I decided that I would tell her how I felt that night.

Quickly, I started to form a plan. My parents were going out that night, so it would just be me and Ashley.

I would get a copy of Mockingjay Part 2 off the internet. Knowing Ashley and I both liked The Hunger Games series, I knew she would love watching it.

We would both sit on the big couch in the living room, I would slide ever so closer to her.

During one of the movie scenes, I would start talking to her about her ex-boyfriend and how stupid he was to do what he did.

I would tell her that if she was my girlfriend, I would be a fool to let her go.

I would somehow steer the conversation towards sex... And... And then what?

I stopped for a few minutes, trying to think of what to do next.

I finally decided that I would do whatever felt right in the heat of the moment.

I got up from bed and headed for the door, looking back to just stare at Ashley a bit.

'...Did I really just make a plan to tell her? 'I thought

This was dangerous territory... If I told her and she didn't feel the same way, there would be nothing I could do.

Ashley could leave and I would never see her again... She could tell my parents, who probably wouldn't approve...

'That's an understatement.' I thought.

The line of questioning that would be sure to follow was not something I would be looking forward to. Being as relations between cousins is illegal in Texas, perhaps my parents or Ashley could even get me thrown in jail.

I walked back towards the bed and kissed her forehead... I really did love her. I hoped that she would be able to see that regardless of what I told her.

I slipped out of the bedroom and turned on my computer in the den. As my program downloaded Mockingjay, I thought about what Ashley had said the night before. She didn't seem at all upset about my admission that I found her attractive. She actually seemed quite happy.

I then thought about how I felt about this entire situation. Sure, I had wanted her for a long time, and several times I had role played with others on the internet... But how would that translate to this real life situation?

One thing to talk about incest and role play as someone's cousin or brother or whatnot... Quite another to actually commit it in real life.

When I had made a forum post on one of those big message boards a while back, I received a variety of responses.

There were of course, people commenting that I was sick and should be put in jail. Then there were those that told me full steam ahead and began to describe how it would go to a level of porn absurdity.

Not much help, obviously, but a few comments were serious. They urged me to talk with Ashley and make my feelings known without pushing her. As this was illegal in Texas, they also gave me the obligatory statement about how they were just telling me their opinion and I should consider everything before breaking the law. And one or two just flat out told me not to break the law.

I didn't want to get on any soapbox, but I felt that the law was a terrible law. To quote one commenter who agreed with me: "Some laws just aren't just."

My program finished downloading Mockingjay and I started the process of burning it to a DVD.

"Good morning." Ashley said behind me, startling me slightly.

"Good morning Ashley." I replied.

I heard her walking over and I saw her as she leaned in to see what I was doing, pressing her breasts into my shoulder.

"Did you torrent that?" She asked.

"Um... I thought we could watch it tonight."

"That's a good idea." She replied.

The DVD popped out, as did Ashley's breasts as she bended down to pick it up.

My glance was fleeting as she righted herself.

"Oop, sorry. Guess I was giving you a show." she said.

"That's okay, I didn't mind." I said with a wink.

She stuck her tongue out at me and left it at that.

I labeled the DVD as she walked out to get breakfast.

She didn't seem to be too upset. Maybe this could actually work.

I walked downstairs and poured myself a bowl of cereal, grabbing the milk from the fridge, I sat down at the table.

Ashley was having a breakfast sandwich on the couch. We saw each other again and regarded each other for a second before returning to our food.

"Did you mean what you said last night, or were you just flattering me?" She asked.

"That's a loaded question." I responded jokingly.

She laughed that infectious laugh of hers.

"Seriously now. Do you really think I'm attractive?"

I stopped for a second to collect my thoughts.

"Ashley... You're kind, you always have a supportive thing to say... You, you're always honest. And I'm sure you've gathered by now that you're attractive physically."

She blushed slightly. "You noticed?"

"I know I'm your cousin, but I'm still a guy. I'd have to be blind not to notice... Anyone would have to be blind not to notice."

She grinned and shook her head.

"You are something else. This line of conversation doesn't bother you at all?"

"Believe it or not, this really isn't that surprising for me." I said as I started taking a drink of milk.

"So what if I asked you to fuck me hard on this couch right now?"

I did a spit take and spewed milk all over the table, making her burst up laughing.

"Really funny Ashley!" I said, intentionally avoiding answering her.

I used paper towels to clean up the milk.

"I'm sorry, but that was a great setup." She said with a chuckle.

I started walking in her direction as she stopped laughing.

"Okay funny girl. Let's see if you find this amusing."

"What are you gonna-?" I kept walking towards her, reached her on the couch, put my arms on either side of her and leaned in.

Her eyes went wide as saucers.

"No- No- NO-" she stopped as I kissed her cheek and pulled away.

She laughed again.

"You're fucking crazy." She said as she mimed wiping my kiss off.

"That's what you get." I said with a chuckle.

She nodded and shrugged a bit.

"Do you have any plans today?" She asked.

"Nothing except that movie. Why?"

"How do you feel about going to the arcade?" She asked.

"How could I say no? I remember when we used to go to that big arcade."

"I loved that time with you..." She said with a dreamy look in her eyes. "I remember playing air hockey with you, and you winning those big stuffed Pikachus for us."

Ashley had always been quite a Pokémon fan. I remember it being a big thing for me when I was younger and it just happened to match up for us one time when she was visiting. I had grown out of that phase, but I still kept a few things.

"I still have mine." I told her.

Her eyes went wide again, this time with her mouth agape.

"No!"

"Yep. Up in my closet... I kept it after all these years."

"Go get it." She said, an excited look in her eyes.

I went up into my closet in my room, moved a couple boxes, and found that Pikachu. It looked smaller now that I had grown, but it still was pretty big for a plush toy. I guessed it was about two feet in size.

I picked it up and brought it downstairs to be met with a happy squeal.

As I approached Ashley, she held out her hands like a little kid waiting for her toy, which I suppose she was in a way.

I handed it to her and watched as she hugged the toy.

She hugged the toy tightly, like it was going to be taken away from her at any moment. I loved seeing her happy like this, I felt a warm fuzzy feeling in my heart knowing that I was the cause of it.

If nothing else happened between us, I would be happy knowing that I had taken her mind off of her dick of an ex-boyfriend.

"I lost mine in one of the moves." She murmured.

I sat down beside her and was stunned as she quickly turned to me and kissed me full on the lips.

The kiss lasted for only a couple seconds before she pulled away, blushing like crazy.

"Oh my god... I am so sorry. I... I just felt so happy that I forgot who you were for a second."

She looked at me curiously, waiting for my response.

I smiled and nodded.

"It's alright Ashley. I didn't mind."

"You don't seem to mind much." She said with a raised eyebrow.

"Well you're a good kisser." I said to deflect whatever she thought I was up to.

"Thank you." She said with a smile.

For a few minutes, we took in what had just happened before we decided to get up to go to the arcade.

We drove to the arcade and got $20 worth of game tokens. Of course, the first thing we did was put four tokens in the air hockey table. It wouldn't give us any tickets, but I had to get revenge on Ashley for the last time we played. And of course, she was more than happy to beat me again.

I struck the puck first, Ashley returned, and away we went.

A minute went by before I finally caught her by surprise and landed the puck in her goal.

"Ugh!" She said.

I cackled a bit and watched as she took the puck out of the return and struck it.

"That's the only one you're gonna get. I'm taking you down." She declared.

10 minutes later and the score was 6-6. Next point won.

We looked into each other's eyes, neither showing any signs of backing down.

I took the puck out of my return and struck it.

Ashley returned the puck to me, followed by my counter.

The way the game was going now was the most intense air hockey game I had ever played. For another 5 minutes, we endlessly returned the puck to each other, looking for some way to get past the other's defenses.

Our match caught the attention of the arcade manager who was walking around. He stopped to watch us.

We just were not letting up, our focus not wavering from the task.

3 minutes later, one of my shots ricocheted off the table wall, past where Ashley thought it would be, passed her arm, and ended up in the goal.

The game was over. With sweat on both our faces, I had won a hard-fought victory.

We heard clapping and turned to see the manager... Until this moment, we hadn't noticed him.

He looked to be in his mid-40s and I saw he had his phone out.

"Whoa! In all my years running this place, I have never seen something quite like that." He said.

"I've waited quite some time to get my revenge on Ashley here. I finally got it." I told him.

Ashley was nothing if not graceful, walking over to me and extending her hand.

"Good game." She said as we shook hands.

We saw the manager press a button on his phone.

"Is it okay that I recorded that? That was incredible."

"Yeah, it's fine." We both said.

"You and your boyfriend play well together." He said to Ashley before he walked off.

We both snickered at that remark.

"Well, that's a good ego boost." She said.

"What?" I asked.

"He thinks I can land a catch like you." She chuckled.

"If anything, I would be hard pressed to get a girl like you." I replied.

"So you're saying you'd like to meet a girl like your cousin?" She teased.

"Well you started it." I laughed.

We continued on and decided to play skeeball, an old favorite of mine. I ended up getting more tickets than she did.

But she paid we back for that when we made our way over to the basketball hoops.

California girl versus Texas teen... So I suppose it was inevitable.

We both then headed over to the shooting games where I found an addictive fighter plane simulator.

But when it came time to tranquilize dinosaurs, Ashley simply dominated me.

This back and forth was the order of the day for the rest of the afternoon. Our competitive streaks coming out to play.

We took a break for lunch and ended up going to a burger place in the same shopping center as the arcade. We both order double cheeseburger combos and went to town on our lunch.

We talked about what to do with the rest of our tokens and decided to play a versus match on the fighter simulator, a light chaser match, and finally a 2 out of 3 match to round out our air hockey score.

We made our way back to the arcade and started on the fighter simulator.

"You're going down Ashley!"

"Suck it!" She replied.

We squared off in the virtual playing field, New York Town... Which looked a lot like New York City, but it was New York Town according to the game.

We both tried to maneuver through the buildings to get in position to launch missiles at each other.

I managed to pull off a couple tricks to get behind her first and fire on her.

"Fuck me." She said as her first plane blew up.

Her plane respawned a ways off from where I was. We then tried to find where the other was in the cluster of buildings.

"Just wait til I find you." Ashley said.

"I can't wait to get my hands on you." I replied.

If she caught the double meaning, she gave no sign.

Five seconds later, I heard the tone that meant a missile had been launched at me... One second later, I saw my first plane blow up.

"Damn it!" I uttered.

"You can still give up... Bitch." She retorted.

My plane respawned as I realized we were both on our last plane.

"I'm taking you down Ashley."

I quickly found her and got behind her.

"Ge- Get off my ass." She said as she ducked into a cluster of buildings.

"Give up... And maybe I won't stomp a mud hole up your ass." I responded.

I got a lock on her and fired. Within a couple seconds, I found that it was a miss.

"That all you got?" She called out.

The hunt for her continued and came to a sudden end as I saw her headed straight for me.

Both of us launched our missiles at the same time, and a few seconds later, the game was over... It ended in a tie.

We both started to laugh as we found we had destroyed each other at the same time.

"That was awesome." She said as she came out of the simulator console.

"And pretty intense."

We then moved on to the light chaser.

In this game, we looked for light panels that were lit blue and hit them as fast as we could. It sounds less intense than it actually was, as we had to constantly keep our eyes on the large panel boards for lights during the few seconds they were lit. And with several lights being lit all the time, we had our hands everywhere just slapping the board.

The game went on for about 2 minutes until the game announced "Winner, Player 1." In a deep electronic voice.

"Darn it." Ashley stated.

Without another word, we went over to the air hockey table.

"Enjoy that last win while you still can. Because I'm gonna be taking the match from you." She warned.

"I love you too Ashley." I retorted. I always said that when I had no other response to a jibe against me.

"Aw." Ashley said before rolling her eyes and striking the puck.

It was amusing how the game went, once again ending up 6-6.

"Hey Ashley... If you win, I'll concede defeat."

"I'll accept that, but only since you're going down." She responded.

I struck the puck and the final serve began. Right at this moment, the manager happened to walk by once again. Getting his phone out, he kept his eyes between us and the phone as we continued on a seemingly endless end of the game.

Ashley eventually caught me by surprise when the puck didn't end up where I thought it would... And ended up in my goal.

Accepting my loss with dignity, I walked over and shook Ashley's hand.

"Good game Ashley."

"Good game."

"Oh, come on. You can do better than that." The manager said from behind us.

"Hug." He requested.

Ashley and I shrugged and pulled each other into a hug.

We then moved over to the ticket counter, where I found that I had more tickets than Ashley did, and what did I find at the counter but that large Pikachu stuffed toy.

She started looking to see what she could get when I decided to be the good cousin I am.

"Could I get that Pikachu on the top shelf?" I asked the girl at the ticket counter.

As she stepped on a ladder and reached it down, Ashley looked at me strangely.

"But you already have one." She said.

Once the Pikachu was given to me, I responded to her.

"I know." I said as I handed it to her.

The look in her eyes was unmistakable. She looked at me like I was responsible for her winning the largest Mega Millions jackpot.

"Oh my god. Thank you!" she whispered as she started to tear up slightly.

"You're welcome Ashley."

Quickly. as if by impulse, she pulled me close to her and kissed me.

Once again, it wasn't a long kiss, but it was the first kiss that showed a little bit of emotion and feeling.

A few seconds later, she pulled away, blushing.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the manager smiling and nodding.

We walked out of the arcade, our heads held high and headed for home.